Landholding in England

Landholding in England by Joseph Fisher is a concise, authoritative examination of the legal, agricultural, and economic forces that shaped English land tenure. Drawing on a paper presented to the Royal Historical Society in 1875, Fisher traces how statutes, customary practice, and the science of agriculture combined to influence cultivation, ownership, and social welfare in nineteenth-century England. Fisher selects the salient points from extensive research, reproducing key Acts of Parliament verbatim to illuminate the legal framework behind landholding. He situates agrarian practice within broader debates about subsistence, productivity, and government responsibility for agriculture, arguing that tillage and land management are central to national prosperity. Though focused on England (excluding Scottish and Irish systems), the book offers clear historical context and multidisciplinary insight—bridging legal history, agricultural science, and economic thought. Ideal for listeners interested in land tenure, agrarian history, legal scholars, policy makers, and anyone curious about the roots of modern rural policy, this audiobook provides a compact, well-documented exploration of how land, law, and cultivation shaped English society.